Recent events that have caused a lot of worry include claims by U.S. intelligence officials that Iran planned hacking against the Trump campaign. The Associated Press says that these claims show a growing trend of bold actions by Iran that are meant to change the way American politics work.

Hacking into the Trump campaign

Reports from U.S. intelligence agencies say that Iran hacked into the Trump campaign. This has been seen as part of a larger effort to mess up the U.S. election process. “We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle, specifically involving influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns,” U.S. officials told AP.

Response from Tehran

The Iranian representative to the UN quickly said that these claims were “not supported” and “lacked any basis.” Tehran has said many times that it has nothing to do with hacks that target U.S. interests and that the claims are part of a larger effort to spread false information.

There has been tension in the past.

This is not the first time that the Iranian government has been after Donald Trump. Trump’s move to pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal and the subsequent re-imposition of harsh sanctions against the Islamic Republic caused a lot of friction between Trump and Tehran.

An alleged plan to kill

In the beginning of this year, CNN claimed that U.S. officials had gotten information that the Iranian government was planning to kill Donald Trump. Even though there isn’t any solid proof that Tehran is involved with this plan, it has made people more worried about Trump’s safety during the campaign.

1: “The Butler Incident”

Thomas Matthew Crooks, a lone gunman, tried to kill Trump at a campaign gathering in Butler, Pennsylvania, in a different episode. There is no clear link between Crooks and the Iranian government at this point, but the event has made people wonder how well Trump’s security team is working.

The secret service is being looked into

The Secret Service has been criticized for letting a would-be killer get too close to Trump, even though they have advanced security measures like counterassault agents, counter-sniper teams, robotic dogs, and drones. According to the BBC, this failure has led to an official review. President Biden has asked Congress to look into the acts of the Secret Service on its own.

Iran’s Views on Trump

Tehran hasn’t been afraid to say how much it dislikes Donald Trump, calling him “a criminal who must be prosecuted and punished in a court of law.” These comments make it even clearer that the former U.S. president and the Iranian government are deeply hostile toward each other.

The future of relations between the US and Iran

As the U.S. gets ready for its next election, it’s still unclear whether a new president could change the way ties between the two countries develop. It’s possible that international ties will change now that liberal Masoud Pezeshkian is President of Iran, but it’s still too early to tell how this will affect Tehran’s position toward Trump or the bigger picture of world politics.